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Correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding education and government in the United States, Part One

Correspondence and newspaper clippings regarding education and government in the United States, Part One - Correspondence with persons and educational institutions in the United States regarding displays of antisemitism and Nazi propaganda in universities in the United States (1946-1948), displays of antisemitism in universities in Hungary and Romania (1926-1927), and military education in the United States based on the German program (1912-1936); - Correspondence with the University in Exile organization, whose educated members emigrated from Germany following the rise of the Nazi Party to power,...

File Number : להזמנת התיק ראו קוד מיקרופילם

Type of Material : Reports, Newspaper Clippings, Official Documentation

Language : English

Testimony of Dan Shafi, born in Wien, Austria, in 1926, regarding the "Kristallnacht" incidents and the persecutions of Jews in Wien.

Testimony

Testimony of Dan Shafi, born in Wien,Austria,in 1926, regarding the "Kristallnacht" incidents and the persecutions of Jews in Wien. Family background; description of Wien during the 1930's; Hitler's access to power; antisemitism before the "Anschluss"; the changes following the "Anschluss"; interruption of his studies in the regional school and moving to Jewish school; incidents of "Kristallnacht"; his family's escape to relatives outside of Wien; joining the "Aliya Bet"; leaving Wien in direction of Bratislava; staying in detention camp in Bratislava; aliya on board the ship "Pacific" in direction of...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hebrew

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